Novel technique for thermal lens measurement in commonly used optical components

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15380-15389

  Bogan, Christina ^a   Kwee, Patrick ^a   Hild, Stefan ^b   Huttner, Sabina H ^b   Willke, Benno ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MODE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; THERMAL LENSING; THERMALLY INDUCED;

LENSES;

EID: 84962605367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.015380     Document Type: Article

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